Female A&P Flashcards
Mesonephric (Wolffian) duct:
Female-this degenerates due to lack of Y-chromosome or testosterone production
Paramesonephric (Mullerian) duct: (Muller is a woman)
Female-becomes the fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix and upper 2/3rds of the vagina
G(go before)
Number of Previous pregnancies
P (pee before delivery)
= Number of deliveries
S - (spontaneously abort)
= Spontaneous abortions
T (therapy aborts)
= Therapeutic abortions
E - (eek)
= Ectopic pregnancies
Lv (love living)
= Living children
pre-term
Number of preterm pregnancies
full term
=Number of full term pregnancies
gravity (gravity pulls the pregnancy)
defined as the number of times that a woman has been pregnant
parity (pair the birth)
defined as the number of times that she has given birth regardless of whether the child was born alive or was stillborn.
female and male gonads
develop in the same ducts
woffian ducts in women
will degenerate
muscle in uterus that grows for fetus (my muscles)
myometrium
where does fertillization take place?
fallopian tube
mullerian anomolies
genetic abnormalities
unicorn uterus
smaller cavity
uterine position
doesn’t really matter
Anteverted (ante - before)
Anteverted: (most common) rotates forward
Anteflexed (flex at the cervix)
Anteflexed: (most common) Bent forward at cervix
Retroverted
Retroverted: Tilted back
Retroflexed
Retroflexed: Tipped back at the cervix
1st half of cycle
follicular/proliferative